<p>the surrounding area is mostly residential, but the ucsd campus buses go off campus and go to local places like the nearby utc mall, and other shopping centers nearby, and the buses leave from campus and run pretty late every date of the week. fyi, the new price center expansion is going to have a few more eateries, full service grocery store, lounges, and a rumored night club on friday/sat nights, and it will be completed january 2008.</p>